Detachable furniture-post mounting



July 14, 1925.

F. KUSTERLE DETACHABLE FURNITURE POST MOUNTING Filed Mali 25. 1923 Patented July 14, 1925.

UNITED STATES rnrsNr esmas.

FRANK KUsTEnLn, on KnNosHA, wisconsin, lAssrsivon"rc-srr/fnorvs COMPANY, orl KnNosHA, msooN'srN, nooarona'rron onnntnwnsn.

Application filed May 25, 1923i. Serial No. 64'1,294.

To all whom it 'may conce/rn: K

Beit lrnown that I, FRANK KUsTEnLn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kenosha, in the county of Kenosha and I State of Viscon'sin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Detachable Furniture-Post Mountings, of which the following is a specication.

My inventionrelates to improvements in post mountings and is o'f particular service in connection with: mirrors.

The principalob'jects of the invention are to Vprovide a construction embodying in a single mounting means for hol-ding down the table sheet, securing the pedestal or wall in position and mounting the post by which a mirror or other article is supported; to provide an improved. construction in which the means for effecting the 'necessary connections are concealed, thereby not af* fecting the appearance of thefurniture; to provide an arrangement which will permit of ready detachability of the post from the dresser or other piece of furniture by which it is supported; toV provide anarrangement in which the dismounting of the post can be effected without the use oftools or mechanicalv equipment lof any kind; to provide an arrangement which will be peculiarly well fitted to pieces of furniture 1n whichthey frame or other members are constructed of hollow sheet metal, for example tubing; to provide a construction which will not interfere with the design of thepiece to V comply with aesthetic requirements; to provide a construction which shall be simple Cab in design and to manu-facture, economical,-

exceptionally sturdy and rigid, foolproof and efficient, and in general to provide an improved construction of the character'referred to. l In the drawings which, by way of eX ample illustrate my invention as applied to a steel dresser piece provided with 'mirror posts, v

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary vertical section through the post, pedestal rail and dresser top. i

F ig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2--2 of vFig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section taken on thelin'e 3--3 of Fig. l. y

Fig. 4: is a section taken on the une of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 5 is a perspective'of asection cut from the end of the pedestal rail before assembly into the piece'.`

Referring. to thedrawings, the element l() represents the back part of the framing which supports the ltable'sheet 11 of the dresser top. Said member 10 Vin the present instance comprises a steel tube'of rectangun lar cross section, said member extending along the `back of said dresser under the pedestal rail or back wall 12 which overli'es the rear margin of the table sheety 11. vIn the present instance said pedestal rail 12 is constructed of light steel tubing of substantially rectangular crossseeti'on recessed as indicated at 13' in order to pr'ovi'de an ornamental panel likev effecti bottom' sides 14 andl are preferably flat as shown.

The pedestal-frail 13 andthe frame member 10 are drawn or clamped together and in so doing clamp between them the table sheet 11 and the strip of deadening material for Yexample felt or card board 16 which minimizes the metallic clang which would otherwise be present due to the hollow sheet metal constructioi'i.- Saidclamping means isv located vertically beneath the base of the mirror post designated as a whole 17 and concealed by the base portion 18 thereofso that when the mirror post is in place no unsightly securingdevicesare in evidence. The same concealed effect applies to the means employed for securing the mirror post itself in position; V

Describing first vthe 'means Vfor clamping the pedestal rail 12 down upon the ydresser top, it will be observed by reference to 5 that in the bottom andtop sides of thev rail l2 there are punched aligned circular apertures 19 and 20, the punch for making The top and such apertures being equipped with means tion and lock said spacingmember 22. 's'ecurel-y within the pedestal raill 12.

The table sheet 11, deadening 'strip 16 and upper wall 23 of the frame tube 10 are also apertur'ed' to align with the aperture-20 in the bottom side 15`of the' rail lowerv nut v28 comprises ka substantiallyV square washer ot fairly .heavy sheet steel having its central portion dished upwardly as shown at 30, lthe centralpart 'ot'said dish portion 30 being pressed or punched downwardly as shown at 31fso`as to furnish extra stoel: :tor the. internal threads `32 ot said nut. The width of the nut 28 is such as to slide rather loosely in the tube 10 while, of course preventing` same from turning in the tube. Y v.

The upper nut 29 `is also formed square to iit loosely theiinterior of the tube 10 in addition to which. there are termed on the #sides ot 'said nut 29 opposit-ely disposed Vturned down flanges 33 adapted to rest upkon the edges ot the bottom nut23 and being` ot such length as to prevent the said lowerrnut 28 trom losing-.its interlocking engagement with the lugs-27 otaperture 2G. The-central portion oit the nut 29 is punched downwardly nipple fashion as shown at 34 to provide eXtra met-alter the threads 35 ot saidv upper nut., A pair of 'apertures .asiat 36 are also formed along the median line ot said nut 29 to register with the apertures 24 in the top wall 23 ot the trame tube 10. It will be understood that after the=parts 28 and 29 havebeen in-Q trodueed into the tube and placed in registei' with the apertures therein, thel edges ot the apertures 24 which 'are' considerably smaller than the apertures 36 are pressed downwardly as by a conical punch, into the apertures 36 of nut 29 .thereby securely and permanently locking the said nut 29 andV also through it'the nut 28 in lposition in said trame tube 10. j The-member 37 isy a vmetal sleeve or tubular screw havingV its lower fend externally Vthreadedas indicated at 33 to lit the internal threads 35 of the upper nut `29. The' upper'end ot said tubular screw 37is formed square asindicated at 39` to enter a co`irespondingly shaped aperture in ya `rather heavy circular washer 40 ot considerably greater diameterrthan the diameter' ot the aperture 19. The protruding end ot said square portion 39 is riveted or expanded over the upper side ot washer 40 as indicated at 41, thereby locking said parts 37 and 40 rigidly together so that washer 40 constitutes in effect a head :tor the tubular screw 40 ot the yrail clamping screw.

37. Said parts 37 and 40 may also be brazed or welded together at the joint to provide additional strength.

It will be manifest that a plug wrench or key may be inserted in the square aperture in the upper end'of thet-ubular screw 37 thereby enabling the said screw to be turned andl set up by thus drawing the said parts 12 and 10 irmly together and solidly clamp` ing the table sheet. 1 1 therebetween.

The mirror post, designated as a whole 17, to satisfy they aesthetic requirements, is made somewhat tapered and also tubular as shown at v42. Said tapering portion does notextend down all the way to the top ot the.pedestalvfrail'12, but-iscarried on the top o'tl anv intermediate mount comprising a metal shell 43. Said shell 43 is suitably shaped to conform wit-h'thev ideas ot the artist who .designed the ypiece and has at .f its lower end an enlargementfor skirt 44 fitting over, enclosing and aligning head On the upper end of said mount .43 there is also formed a short barrel poi-tion 45`1itting snugly within the open lower end rof the tapered portion 17 of the post- The means Ator,securing the mirror post comprises as the principal'elements, a cen,-

tral bolt having its aXis aligned with the mirror Ipost tube 42, said bolt 46 being ot the right diameter to slide through the tubu-` lar clamping screw V37. The 'lower endot said bolt-4G is threaded to fit the internal threads 32` ot nut 28 and theupper end of; said bolt46 is. made with a head 47 and asquare neck portion 48 to tit a similarly shaped aperture Ypunched in a filler cup '49 brazed orotherwise yrigidly secured iii thelower end of the mirror post tube 42. Y It will be observed that the Vend 50 of the barrel shaped :portion 45 of the kmount 18 is apertured to admitthe stem ioffbolt 4.6 1,

which stem is additionally guided in a central yaperturepunched in a stii'ening disk 51 fitting Within a suitable circular seat` 52 in the interior ot the -mirror portionof the mount 13 v.and brazed to the bolt 46l which is `thus locked in the post, and secureszthe mount on said post.` Y Ordinarily, the dresseror other piece to -which my invention is applied, is shipped knocked down, that is to say, with the mir* ror and Aits supportingk posts removed.

However, itis generally thought advisable to ship the piece with the pedestal rail o r back wall member 12 lin place. My con-v struction tully satisfies these requirements since the mirror post can readily be moved by simply grasping the tapered portion 17 and thus unscrewing the bolt 46 from nut 28 whereupon the mirrorpost and mount 43 may be dismounted. 4Removal ot the mirror post does not lin any way affect the rigid connection between the pedestal raily l2 and the frame tube l0 since such parts have their own independent connection through tubular screw 37. Also it will be observed that the mountingv of the mirror post 17 in position on the pedestal rail l2 effectively conceals the head 40 of the means employed for securing said pedestal rail l2 `to the dresser top.

The described details of construction being'illustrative of merely one application of my invention, the scope of same should be determined by reference to the appended claims, said claims being construed as broadly as possible consistent with the state of the art. l

I claim as my invention:

l. In metal furniture, the combination of a frame member, a wall member over said frame member, atable sheet interposed between said two members, a tubular screw connecting said members for drawing said members together, a standard mounted on the top of said wall over said screw and means extending through said screw for securing said standard to said wall.

2. In metal furniture, the combination of a body frame member, a hollow wall member above said frame member, a table sheet interposed between said two members, a tubular screw connecting said membersy hav ing a head above the top of said wall member and extending into said body frame member, for drawing said two members together, a standard supported on the top of said wall member and having at its lower end a recess enclosing said head and means eX tending through said tubular screw for clamping said standard on said wall.

3. In metal furniture, the combination of a hollow body frame member, a hollow wall member above said frame member, a table and connected tosaid standard for clampv-l ing said standard on said wall.

Ll-. In metal furniture, the combination of a hollow body frame member, a hollow wall member above said frame member, a table sheetk interposed between said two members, a tubular screw for drawing said members together and having a heady engaging the top Vsurface of said wall member, and a nut mounted in said body frame member, a standard mounted on the top of said wall, a bolt extending through said screw and connected to said standard for clamping' said standard on said wall and a nut for said bolt under said first nut.

5. In metal furniture, the combination of a hollow body frame member, a hollow wall member above said frame member, a table sheet interposed between said two members, a tubular screw for drawing said members together and having a head engaging the top surface of said wall member, and a nut mounted in said body frame member, a standard mounted on the top of said wall, a bolt extending through said screwl for clamping said standard on said wall, and a non-rotary nut for= said bolt under said first nut, said bolt having a head secured in said standard against axial movement and. rotation therein, whereby rotation of said standard will serve` to-clamp the same on said wall.

FRAN-K KUSTERLE. ,i 

